from the base with several red and purple lines, that are
more or less branched, back strongly nerved, the nerves
branched. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers;
pollen orange-coloured. Style purple, slightly hairy
at the base, and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, fimbriate
on the upper side, reflexed, or revolute.
This fine strong plant, the drawing of which was made
at the Nursery of Mrs. More, in the King’s-road, Chelsea, is
a hybrid production, which Mrs. More informs us was raised
from seed in the collection of H. Welgy, Esq. of Hammersmith,
who, we are informed, possesses a very superb collection
of Geraniaceae. The present plant appears to be intermediate
between P. speciosum, and some other one of the
large growing sorts, but its real origin is not easily to be determined
; from its free growth, and abundance of flowers, it
is a very desirable plant, thriving well in any rich light soil.
Cuttings of it strike root freely, when planted in the same
sort of soil, and placed in a sheltered situation. —